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Timeline Of The Near Future

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1. Triple conjunction Mars






2. On March 14 (which will be February 29 in the Julian calendar) - the difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar reaches 14 days. Since 14 is divisible by 7 - this will be the first time in history since its inception that the G






3. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.






4. FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.






5. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.






6. Asteroid 2007 VK184 has a chance of 1 in 3030 of hitting Earth in this year.






7. Two solar eclipses will occur in this year.






8. Transit of Venus.






9. Triple conjunction Mars






10. 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan. 2019 Cricket World Cup to be held in England.






11. Transit of Venus on June 11.






12. Transit of Venus on June 9.






13. Long-duration lunar eclipse of approximately 106.1 minutes.






14. Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s - saros 139.






15. Transit of Venus on June 9.






16. December 10






17. Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s - saros 139.






18. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.






19. Triple conjunction Mars






20. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.






21. Triple conjunction Mars






22. Triple conjunction Mars






23. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.






24. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System






25. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.






26. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.






27. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.






28. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






29. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.






30. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.






31. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.






32. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.






33. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.






34. Venus occults Spica.The previous occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10 - 1783. December 24 - The Moon will occult Neptune.






35. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






36. 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro.






37. At 16-08 UTC on July 29 - Mercury will occult Mars.






38. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.






39. 52 UTC - Venus will occult Saturn.






40. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).






41. Transit of Mercury.






42. March 17






43. Cosmic Call 1 will reach its destination - the star Gliese 777.






44. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.






45. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.






46. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.






47. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.






48. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.






49. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.






50. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).